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Old 03-07-2016, 03:43 PM
highrise955 highrise955 is offline Dropdownlist-Parsing values to various ContentControls Windows 10 Dropdownlist-Parsing values to various ContentControls Office 2013
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Originally Posted by macropod View Post
Perhaps you could explain why you're using a userform to solicit data that then gets input into "into the combobox in my document." The code is designed for direct input into a dropdown content control, not for indirect input into a combobox content control. Indirect input means the content control's 'on exit' event never fires, so you'd have to add code to do that as well.
I apologize in my delay in getting back to you. It was "one of those days".

The reason I am using a userform to get info that I populate into a combobox is simple, if not somewhat convoluted. Knowing the "Drawing Number" (which is the info the userform and the "combobox" focuses on) allows me to fill in about 30% of the rest of the form. However, the layout of the form is locked and I can't move the Drawing Number field to the top. It's currently near the bottom. By having them input it before the document opens ensures that the users won't waste time (and make errors) when inputting the data into the form.

If you are asking why don't I just make the field a text field instead of a combobox it is because I am not skilled enough in VBA and/or XML or whatever method would allow me to store all the values linked to the "Drawing Number".

Here is an example of the data that will be linked to a Drawing Number (each of these values have their own corresponding contentcontrol...

Drawing Number --> Product Description, Rev Level, Material, Job Number, SN's required (which will show as a large check symbol and eventually I would like to make it show a small table where the serial numbers can be entered, otherwise that area would be hidden)

If I was doing this in AHK it would be a breeze, but unfortunately I am bound by ISO standards in the creation of all forms for this company, so I have to make do with what I have (and my current knowledge level at the moment).

I hope this clears up any confusion, or at the very least, not make it worse.

Any suggestions, or pointing me in the right direction, you can offer has been and will continue to be, very appreciated.
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